ADB Briefs
ADB Briefs are based on papers or notes prepared by ADB staff and their resource persons. The series is designed to provide concise, nontechnical accounts of policy issues of topical interest, with a view to facilitating informed debate.
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Risk Management in Maldives: Sharing Practical Experience and Lessons Learned
This brief shows that improvements to risk management processes in Maldives can be replicated in other domestic organizations and similar environments across South Asia. -
Tax Reform in the United States: Implications for the People’s Republic of China
This brief recommends that the People’s Republic of China continue to improve its business environment and broaden its tax base, in response to major tax reform in the United States. -
Aging and Implications for Elderly Care Services in the People’s Republic of China
This brief discusses impacts of an aging population on an economy like the People’s Republic of China and shares the country’s present elderly care system, its drawbacks, and policy implications. -
The Classroom Assessment Scoring System as a Measure of Effective Teaching to Address the Learning Crisis
This report introduces the Classroom Assessment Scoring System as an instrument to measure teaching practices and help address the learning crisis. -
Inclusive Service Delivery for Persons with Disabilities in Mongolia
The Ensuring Inclusiveness and Service Delivery for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) project in Mongolia aims to ensure access to improved services, employment opportunities, and more support through social welfare reform for PWDs. -
Toward Adopting a Skills Development Fund for Cambodia
Cambodia’s new technical and vocational education and training (TVET) policy aims to promote public–private partnerships and mobilize resources to support TVET. A key strategy is to set up a national skills development fund. -
Cambodia’s New Technical and Vocational Education and Training Policy
This policy brief summarizes Cambodia’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Policy 2017-2025 which will guide the formulation and implementation of strategies for skills development in the country. -
Building Capacity for Geo-Enabling Health Information Systems: Supporting Equitable Health Services and Well-Being for All
Effective management and use of geospatial data and technologies can support efforts in achieving universal health coverage in almost every country in Asia and the Pacific. -
Reducing Youth Not in Employment, Education, or Training through JobStart Philippines
Investing in the employment of young people helps realize the potential of human capital in terms of wealth and savings, leading to huge economic and also ultimately, social gains. -
Food Security in the Coral Triangle of the Pacific Countries: Prospects of Fisheries Development Strategies
Rural communities in the Pacific that rely on fishing for subsistence and income face serious risks due to the degradation of coastal ecosystems, overharvesting, and climate change.